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Surname Etymology and Meaning of HUFF

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. English: topographic name for someone who lived by a spur of a hill, Old English hoh (literally, ‘heel’).
2. German: from the Germanic personal name Hufo, a short form of a compound name formed with hug ‘heart’, ‘mind’, ‘spirit’ as the first element.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)